Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-28
SHOOTING AT WACO.
J. n. Drake, a We'll Known job Frin-
ter, Shoots Prof. =. 30 Quinn
OF Baylor University.
Quinn IN Fits Arts Hsortem Statement
Said Ii Is without Provocetiop.


Said Ii Is Without Provocstiop.
Special 10 the Gazette.
WACO, TEX, Aug. 27.-The cc1.muu;-
IL r2a startled tals moraing wien The
ANNOUNCEMENT vas mcle tlat 3it. ! 81. I
Drake, tho wei known jeb printer, nzd
shot Professor S. L. Ga.r7, and perhaps |
lorIsiIg wounded him. The pistol used
WIS z forty Jour cauoer, Cots esp 2ad
ball pattern. Ire palI entered Pro- !
fessor Guipl'a breast a. Inc ini-d |
rlo G5ous ore eGd lsIi i.lae-
aoGyS 1ad jas: irs:dGhf1e t'sat lLp2'9 |
blsde. The shooting CcCurrya iD tie !
Te4t CT e. house winch IS ccntiO. ID by |
| MI. DTGkr, VINO was atIrtia| IN thg |
yard, G0Ou. zen u twelve fee. dEay from J
! Pr-fessor GQinn, Tno vas Standing -
ihe U6ek gallery. As soon IS Eir. DrsEe,
sd lie shCCtln md ne l. LrcS lGg shot
he walked Gus II ne ycrd, H1L1 directly
% Sheriff HaIrls' Office "a gave himself
NJ, 1t the eSIat tIme turlias Ms pistol
over 10 he 5aeyjf.
Professor GauD, after ne vas shot,
wSlksG .5rGC4l fhe huaSe to ne font
re was covered Gcross Inc street 70 4
neiGnbCl's house. When the reporter
cGll@G &c VS. ,yirg on c bed, snd physi-
ciau8 had Ge@a summoned, ald jhey sd
rliEIstcrcd "piJ.cs to quiet MS nerves.
To the reporters irquilias, the
wounded men made the following
statement: 81 was nCYag MY nous
mold furniture CU. Il Nj. Dr&k6's
EOQsa this m2rniCG, Th4E h. came down
there ead demanded Ire rent which is
due him. l owe hiB a0ou5 one mOnyb's
rent. | told Mr.. Drake if be had ac.ed
Ike q gentleman with NE j would haze
paid The REM before now, bGJ re had not
acted like gentleman toward ne ana
considered l did lot owe him any rent.
Without saying anything Mr.. DraEe theu
pulled out his pistol end shot me before
| could get cot OF his way. / had stared
20 run when lie shot me, bu5 my fac
was toward him. | had swept cat one CT
the back roOns and Ra3 sweeping CT the
becS porch When | YVES shot. | hsd s
broom in my hand When ne ahct me-"
The wounded man spoke Of 4 fight which
bad occurred bit0eea himself and BIZ.
) Drake On Thursday. at which tine they
had q iignt i'll TIE McClell2nd hotel office.
. The tight was occa9ioned about the rent,
|
An hour later the wGu2ded rsn mSde
an
ANTE M0RTEM STATE> E st,
. which was taken oy Justice william
SLEEPER in the presence OF County ALtor-
ney Blair and c number OF other Wit
: nesses. Professor Quinn was iEfor1ocd
! that he would prohsbiy die before the
justice took TIE statement, which % SIS
! follows:
az have been living in 8 house which
Z rented from j. NJ. Drake on South SIKH
: street n Waco. / was unable to pay the
rent for the house in advance curing the
/ sDmaer months sid so told bir. Drake,
aud by an agreement signed by Drake
was to give up the house on the 2Osh Of
September. Ga Thursday, Drake net
, ne On the street ard demanded the rent,
: AMI We had s difficulty then and tb5re,
! il which blows were passed
e between US. The difficulty grew
{ Up il this way: Drake had sgreed
y 50 let ne stay IL the house uEtii Septem-
e Der 20, and was only to pay him tte u u
:. Of $40 in advance during that time. lie
gave NE receipt for the $40, and also
ilcluGed il mis- receipt the agreement that
| Wss 10 keep the house until September
n 20, 1887. When be demanded the rent |
ed he 10 LET him see il, which l did, pull
ing it out Of my pocket and giving it to
< him. He deliberately put 1t in his
j. pocket TIC this I demurr d, when he
IL called ME rascal and thief, and ]
y struck at him but did not BIZ
y him. Afterwards he attacked me and
N we had fight. Ga yesterday began tc
,e move out CT Dr&ke's house. He came
Il to the house yesterday afternoon and re-
u NAMED there several hours. / did net
= f1iah moving yesterday, end Drake cGrle
back to the house this morning. After
he had been there some time ne came
TO the back gallery while l IVES
sweeping out The hall, snd again de-
J. manded Of me the rent. l told him thst
If did not think I ought to pay him the
- rent, that ne had not acted
- the gentleman about the matter
~ ard thet If he had acted the gen
IL t!emsn | would hsve paid him his rent
- With that he drew his pistol and shot mt
= laroUgh the breast, He said noth!r.
= when he shot, end a. the tine Was stand.
= ipg IN about ten feet Of ne. AS soon 81
y | vas shot l ran forward 10 the from
q door ard did not see Drake again. A
t. tee time Drake shot me | had nothing il
g my hand but the broom with which | wa
sweeping, Suu uiaue 10 LlI6ilGliEs
gestures and did rot pit my hand behiui
me or in any pocket. [ did no
y curse him or call him s Of s B., O.
~ make any threats to him. He shot m;
ht without Cause or provccation. l max
10 this statement and sign this paper know
-. ing that an mortally wounded and il
q view OF approaching death.
= S. L. QUINN.
NJ hIr. j. M. Drake, the man who cid tn
h shooting, was in the custody Of eli Office
an when the reporter saw him, and he ststet
he that he was perfectly willing to make
if, statement to be given to tn
public, but he wanted first to consult al
h torreys, and he was taken to Clark
he Dyer & Bolinger's office. These gentle
~ men were retained by Mr.. Drake, an
= they thought it best for him not to make
any statements until there were turtle
developments in the case. Mr.. Drsk
;, wanted this much stated II his behal!
IL that re considers himself justiha9le i
on shooting Professor Quinn. He says j b
raj did not shoot until Quinn made de
ST. monstration to shoot him. Guinn had
o. Ratchet in his right han
all when they were talking about III
re rem, and he ssw Guin
ad change the hstctet TO his left hand
srd he<supposed Professor Quinn wa
rg reaching tor pistol with lis right hsn
70 | when ne shot him, Mr. Drake SAY